Hey what do you guys here find a fair price to pay for say 2 hours in a indoor range. I want to get practice but im not sure what the price would worth I guess mabey 10 dollars a hour would be fairly right ? Anyone get better prices or better yet Free

The cost to operate/man/ventilate/properly clean and maintain a public indoor range pretty much eliminates "free" unless you have some sort of membership that you paid big money for... but then, that wouldn't be free either.

One of the not so local to me, but popular indoor ranges in one of the more "high end" parts of the region charges as follows:

What I posted is the per hour rate. This place is always full, and packed out through the front door in the winter time. They also do full time training and group/club rentals and are open from 10 to 10.

The number of "foreigners on vacation", Asians mostly, make up a good 30% of the customers.

The place I go charges $12.00 per hour, but if no one is waiting they let you go over with no additional charge. I purchased a 10 session ticket book for $75.00 and like I said if it is slow they give you extra time. They also have memberships that allow you unlimited access for like $300.00 per year. There are a couple of other places I go and I believe the rates are similar.

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Of the indoor ranges I've used it's either been a flat fee($15-20) for the day, or a place I had a membership at that was around $200 for the year, unlimited use and discount on range products. Where I live now I don't use the indoor ranges but their fees are similar from the ones I've seen that cater to locals, the ranges that cater to tourists can get pretty pricey.

I think a lot is going to depend on where you live. Our most up to date cutting edge indoor range is $20 an hour or $30 for 2 people sharing a lane with unlimited guns and anything up to a 50 cal BMG. The cheapest way to shoot regularly is joining a shooting club. If you live close to Katy, TX, you can go to the range with me for free, as I go at least once a week.

Ouch, and I was complaining when our local, and very well maintained, outdoor range raised their fees from $8 to $12 for all day.
The local indoor range charges $14 for all day plus a small membership fee.

The two indoor ranges close to me, (both owned by the same people) charge $14/hour.

I despise indoor shooting, earplugs AND muffs is barely enough hearing protection indoors. Baffled outdoor ranges are nearly as bad not to mention that you are only allowed to shoot rifles off of a bench.

Nowdays, I gladly drive 50 extra miles to shoot at an unbaffled outdoor range that allows offhand rifle shooting. $10/shooter, bring as many guns as you like and stay as long as you like.

$15 an hour. If no one is waiting to use the lane, you can shoot as long as you wish. They will also run specials. One day NRA members are 1/2 price. Another is Ladies Day, Senior Citizen Day, etc. Indoor ranges cost a lot to operate.

$25/hour for my indoor range. Up to 2 people per lane. You can barely get a reservation no the weekend. Lanes are much larger than a typical range and are about 5 fee wide by 6 feet deep. 3 feet or so of bullet proof steel and another 3 feet of bullet proof glass separate the lanes. Top notch but you pay for it. Only place I really feel safe with my kids.

Last time I went it was $15/hr (or any part of - I stayed an hour and 4 mins and they charged me for 2hrs). Gun rentals were $15 each and had to use their ammo. 9mm was $20/box of 50. Also, they did not clean their guns. I rented an m&p 9mm. And in 50 rds I had 5 malfunctions.

My LGS has a pretty awesome indoor range. $10 for the first shooter, $7 for the second. Gun rentals are $10 and you can switch as many times as you like, you just have to buy their ammo (which is very reasonably priced) for all rentals. They have an awesome selection of rentals too, which is nice for a new shooter. I think it's supposed to be $10 for the hour, but I usually take my dear sweet time (except when it's packed and there's people waiting) and haven't ever been told my time is up.

My outdoor range is pretty sweet too- 15 minutes over the mountain, $10 for the entire year (opens when the snow melts, closes when it starts to cover the ground) and very plain jane from there. About 20 benches on the firing line, bring your own guns, targets, old junk to destroy, and clean up when you're done. You just shoot into the mountainside (out to 300 yards).

They charge buy the hour Friday night through Sunday . Not sure of the rate never asked cus I will not pay by the hour .I shoot at least 4 hours every time I go . I have a membership at the big outdoor range about 30 min away . When I go there Im there from when it opens till it closes .

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